The fighting Newfoundlander: a history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment (Carleton library series ; #209)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, War, World War I
Human-narrated audio
Summary
When the First World War began, Newfoundland had been without any kind of military organisation for more than half a century, so public-spirited citizens immediately formed themselves into a Patriotic Association, and within sixty days had recruited, partially equipped and… dispatched 537 officers and men overseas. Nicholson details the harrowing experiences of the Newfoundland Regiment at Gallipoli, Beaumont Hamel, the Third Battle of Ypres and Cambrai, for which they were granted the title "Royal" - the only army unit to receive such a distinction during World War I. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.